Where to buy Fuel in Germany / Sweden ?

[Arlie71]

Hi
Am heading off to Germany and then onto Sweden next week and am after recommendations on cheap places to Refuel. EG any companies cheaper than others etc etc. Driving a diesel campervan so looking for cheapest if at all possible.

Is it like UK where the supermarkets tend to be the cheapest ? Any garage names to avoid ?

Going to be first time driving in Sweden so have no idea what to expect other than its going to be expensive :-)

Will be having first stopover near Osnabruck, then onto Sassnitz then ferry across to Sweden then north to Torsby. So if you know any good places near those towns that would be perfect.

Cheers

Andy :-)

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Regional variations will apply but I find Aral generally the cheapest in Germany.

[anothernameitist]

^+1

Also if you get a few stations near by sometimes there can be a price variation.

Running on diesel? - why not try to talk to a wagon driver, might be willing to sypon some of theirs

[Arlie71]

Thanks for the Replies :-)

Will keep an eye out for Aral in Germany.

Any advice on where to buy in Sweden ?

Cheers

Andy

[FiF]

Supermarkets tend not to have filling stations in Sweden apart from the very biggest ones might have a couple of unmanned pumps. I tended to stick to Statoil but no real reason why except they tended to be best looked after.

Consistently cheapest? Pass. Perhaps the unmanned stations, but then I got caught out on a couple of those where I'd filled up, the card had been accepted and then found a problem with the receipt, either no paper or so faint as to be illegible, which is a bit of a bugger when you need to claim a full tank on expenses.

Can't say that I particularly noticed the constant huge differential we get in UK between motorway and town prices.

PS Diesel is 14.1 sek / litre so about the same as here, ie 1.38/1.39.

Edited by FiF on Thursday 4th July 23:08

[JimPetrol]

Just fill up as and when you need to.

Actually, fill up earlier than you would in the UK, as there's nothing more stressful than being desperately short of fuel in foreign lands.

In the grand scheme of a holiday, a few cents variance in fuel price is negligible.

[chilistrucker]

JimPetrol said:

Just fill up as and when you need to.

Actually, fill up earlier than you would in the UK, as there's nothing more stressful than being desperately short of fuel in foreign lands.

In the grand scheme of a holiday, a few cents variance in fuel price is negligible.

This ^^^^
Sweden is fine for driving in. Where and how are you crossing into Sweden? Ferry? Bridge?
The further into Sweden you go, the less likely you are to find motorways, as you know them here in the U.K
Its a big place, with a smallish population, so I've always found the roads to be fine.

[sneijder]

Don't know if it's the same in Sweden, but in Norway the fuel is generally cheaper on the 'motorway' than in town, cheaper on Sundays too. Statoil cups are about twenty quid, and then free coffee until 2014.

[Arlie71]

Thanks all.
Got two names to look out for, and it sounds like nothing I need to watch out driving/refuelling for over there.
Interesting tip about the Norway fuel being cheaper on the motorway, shame its not the same over here.
Now all I got to do is find some nice cheap camping places on the Rugen Island and am all set for my hols :-) Roll on Thursday :-) :-)

Cheers
Andy :-)